Climate averages 1991–2020
Hebron weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Hebron: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bet Shemesh (24 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than Hebron, with 5.2 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Hebron ranks joint 4th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 27.7°C; Hebron is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hebron climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 45 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 39 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 18 | 4.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 28 | 5.5 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Bet Shemesh in MayIsrael · 24 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Jerusalem in MayIsrael · 29 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in MayIsrael · 41 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Beersheba in MayIsrael · 42 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Reẖovot in MayIsrael · 49 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Lod in MayIsrael · 50 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ashdod in MayIsrael · 51 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ashkelon in MayIsrael · 52 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hebron) is explained once on the Hebron year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.